Sharp County record., 1887-01-13
: :, oo,oio1,v ,nnounced that Gofchon

Yris officially announced that Gofchen
has accepted the office OF Chancellor OF
the Fxcheuuer in the British Cabineb
GERMAN and Belgian lrOn-masters haV'-
agreed to refrain from selling rails IN eaca
others country.
THE men charged with DR.. Haddock's
murder at Sioux City, Ia, were arralghed
on the Sd and pleaded not guilty.
THE children's insurance feature OF the
Globe Mutual Bene fit Association, OF New
York, has been declared illegal.
j. L. Roy & Co., jewelers., Omaha, Neb.,
left very suddenly on the night OF the "a,
taking $4,000 or $4,000 with them. they
probably went to Canada.
w. R. MERRIAM, a banker Of st. Paul,
MINI. carried the Republican caucus, and
will be Speaker of tho Minnesota House
of Representatives
CAPTAIN LEMON, treasurer OF the Logan
fund. purchased on the 3D. %O,ODworth
of four per cent. United States bonds on
account of the fund,
WILL STILLMAN, book-keeper in Wick
Bros. & Co.'s bank al Youngstown, o.,
was seriously injured by an explosion OF
gas in a yault Of the bank on the morning
of the Sd.
THE Paris correspondent OF the LOndon
Times reiterates his statement regarding d
Russo-G German alliance.
THE report of the Senate committee on
TRANSFORMATION routes to the seaboard
shows some remarkable facts as 10 the
growth of cereal production in the United
States.
PRESTON, KEAN & Co., Chicago, have
been ordered by Judge Gresham to ps5- the
NodaWay Valley Bank the amount OF the
bonds stolen by Ker, the detaultlng
cashier, who fed to Peru.
SIX soldiers were killed by a gas ex-
plosion in Cambridge barracks, Ports
mouth, Eng, on the Sd. TWenty-oneWeae
found and extricated from the ruins OF
the barracks. All of the rescued were
more er less injured.
THE exclusive right to sell salt on the
Isthmus of Panama will be granted TO
whoever will paw the highest price ffr It,
THE recent cold weather has covered the
st. Lawrence river with ice, sufficiently
strong to allow Of the crossing OF teams
between Cape Vincent and Kingston, a
distance Of twelve miles.
A SERIOUS fire in the Odescalchi palace
at Rome on the I'd, was caused by the lights
on a Christmas tree. All the jewels be-
longing to the princess, all the valuable
missals and pictures, including small
Raphael and the whole Of the splendid
collection of ancient furniture on. the
second floor were burned The lOss Is
81. 100000. The palace was not injured.
THE Journal de st. Petersburg denies the
stories that the Car is insane, and ch9rac-
terizes as falsehoods the several actions
attributed to the Gar and referred to as
Illustrating the nature Of his malady.
THE customs receipts for December
were SIG. $40, or about S2,OO0000 moro
| than in December 1855; internal revenue
receipts were $9543S45, about S5O,OOpless
than in December 1885 Government eX-
pcnditures during December were SIS, ,4S3,-
| IA, or about $3,5J0,OO0 more than in De-
| cember, 1885
THE President has approved the bills to
| extend the free-deliyery system OF the
Post-Ofice Department and modify the
postal money order system: also the act
providing for public building at Spring
| field. Mass, and the act for the relief o!
the survivors and relatives Of the victims
Of the Jeanette Arctic expedition.
TnE December fire loss in the United
States and Canada is estimated at Sl1,-
2O0,C09, and the loss during 1886 at Sll6,-
6O0,0OO This is largely in excess OF
| previous figures, both as regards the
month of December and the .yeayWust
ended, -A----ty--~''
THE total revenue of the United States
from all sources for the first half
of the current fiscal year ended December
81. 1885, were $3.50 6S3, ,0O7, or nearly Sl4,OO0,
600 more than during the first half Of
the preceding fiscal year, Expendl-
lures for the first half Of this current
year were $14l40l, 80, against Sl3O, ,OE,fS3
during the first half Of 1856 These fig
ures indicate anet revenue or excess OF
receipts above expenditures amounting 10
100000 during the first half Of the cur
rent fiscal year.